Not everyone ones bipolar is the same . But Im a lot like you I drive my wife nutts when Im manic. its hard to get drugs to work togetter to treat both dep. and manic at the same time . What I have done is to take meds. everyday for my dep. since can not live with it when it gets bad . But my manic can sometimes is funny and even help motivate me but do have pills that i take as needed .so if my manic starts to get out of hand which it dose often i have chill pills.